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San Diego County farmers warn water reduction rules 'devastating'
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A water district serving farmers in northern San Diego County has asked state water officials who are devising cutback regulations for the same exemption given to farmers in the Central Valley. "Not All California Agriculture Is Found Between Bakersfield and Redding," Gary Arant, general manager of the Valley Center Municipal Water District, wrote to the chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board, using capital letters and bold print for emphasis. Arant was protesting the proposed...
Small-scale farmers dominate Ghana's agriculture industry - Manager
2015-04-12 04:56:28| Agriculture - Topix.net
Mr Lambert Abraham Lugumial, the programme Manager of Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition , over the weekend said Ghana's agriculture is dominated by small-scale producers. Mr Lambert, who was speaking at a day's workshop organised by the GTLC, a Ghanaian trade and agricultural policy and practice organisation at Abesim, near Sunyani, noted that small-scale farmers accounted for about 80 percent of domestic production, which is characterised by low crop and animal productivity.
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Can Monsanto big data play really help farmers & environment?
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Friedberg, CEO of The Climate Corporation, expected pushback when he decided to sell his San Francisco-based big data company to Monsanto. He was surprised, though, when some of the loudest criticism came from his own father. Lionel Friedberg a Los Angeles filmmaker whose 1989 documentary, Crisis in the Atmosphere, was one of the first films to highlight the problem of global warming reacted to the news by berating his son. Monsanto? The most evil company in the world? Friedberg recalled...
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Judge: Settlement payment to dairy farmers is inadequate
2015-04-09 19:15:50| Food - Topix.net
A judge has rejected a proposed settlement between cooperative Dairy Farmers of America and Northeast dairy farmers over an alleged effort to drive down prices paid to farmers. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss says the payments to farmers from the $50 million proposal are inadequate if there are no significant changes to how the cooperative does business.
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Ratings of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa Downgraded
2015-04-08 19:04:41| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating to A- from A and the issuer credit rating to "a-"from "a" of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa , headquartered in West Des Moines. The rating downgrade reflects FMH's sizeable underwriting losses recorded since 2012, which have led to weak return measures and surplus volatility resulting in a slightly diminished, albeit still strong, level of risk- adjusted capitalization.
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